Definitions for resign
rɪˈzaɪnre·sign

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. vacate, resign, renounce, give upverb

   leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily

   "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"

2. leave office, quit, step down, resignverb

   give up or retire from a position

   "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"

3. release, relinquish, resign, free, give upverb

   part with a possession or right

   "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"

4. resign, reconcile, submitverb

   accept as inevitable

   "He resigned himself to his fate"

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Resignverb

   to sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; -- said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; to submit; -- said of the wishes or will, or of something valued; -- also often used reflexively

2. Resignverb

   to relinquish; to abandon

3. Resignverb

   to commit to the care of; to consign

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Resign

   rē-sīn′, v.t. to sign again.

2. Resign

   rē-zīn′, v.t. to yield up to another: to submit calmly: to relinquish: to entrust.—v.i. to submit one's self: to give up an office, &c.—n. Resignā′tion, act of giving up: state of being resigned or quietly submissive: acquiescence: patience: (Scots law) the form by which a vassal returns the feu into the hands of a superior.—p.adj. Resigned′, calmly submissive: uncomplaining.—adv. Resigned′ly, with submission.—ns. Resignēē′, the person to whom a thing is resigned; Resign′er; Resign′ment. [O. Fr.,—L. resignāre, -ātum, to annul—re-, sig. reversal, signāre—signum, a mark.]

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   Rank popularity for the word 'resign' in Verbs Frequency: #537

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of resign in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of resign in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of resign in a Sentence

1. Angela Rayner:

   Millions of people are struggling to pay the bills, but Boris Johnson and Boris Johnson government are too wrapped up in scandal to do anything about it, boris Johnson is a national distraction. Conservative MPs should stop propping Boris Johnson up and Boris Johnson should finally do the decent thing and resign.

2. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy:

   The only discussion I would have with him is I think this will pass, and it would be my recommendation that he should resign, that would be my take, but I don't think he would take it. But I don't know.

3. Elaine Luria:

   Such conduct is unacceptable for any Virginian — whether occurring in the past, present, or future, governor Northam must resign and fully acknowledge the painful past these images evoke. Bigotry has no place in Virginia.

4. Chuck Schumer:

   Now, I have heard some of my Republican colleagues argue that this trial would be unconstitutional because Donald Trump is no longer in office, an argument that has been roundly repudiated, debunked by constitutional scholars left, right and center, and defies basiccommonsense, it makes nosensewhatsoever that a president — or any official — could commit a heinous crime against our country and then be permitted to resign so as to avoid accountability and a vote to disbar them from future office. It makes nosense.

5. Virgilio Neto:

   Shut up, stay home and resign.

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